Which to use
“près” is an adverb and “Prez” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #294
- “près” frequency rank
- #49,293
- “Prez” frequency rank
- 49587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | près | Prez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | À petite distance, à proximité. | Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes. |
Letter map: près vs Prez
Shared letters muted; letters that set près and Prez apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: près vs Prez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: près is anadverb and Prezaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
près is recorded at frequency rank #294, classified as anadv, pronounced \pʁɛ\. Prez is at rank #49,293, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49587, this pair ranks #169,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of près vs Prez
Shared letters: pr. Private to "près": sè. Private to "Prez": ez.
"près" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Prez" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Prez ← perz · pprez · prezz · prrez · prze · rpez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "près" for "Prez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "près" or "Prez"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "près" and "Prez".
- Full dictionary entry for "près" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Prez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "près" and "Prez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs Prez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #169,425 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.